God With Us
We Don’t Believe In Much: Part 2
June 7, 2026
The Son is the light of God's glory and the imprint of God's being. He maintains everything with his powerful message.
~ Hebrews 1:3a
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The Apostles Creed (Traditional) – Part 2
… And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord:
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, dead, and buried
(he descended into hell)
the third day he rose from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and sitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty;
from thence he shall come to judge the quick and the
dead…
The Nicene Creed – Part 2
We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, of one being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven: by the power of the Holy Spirit he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered death and was buried. On the third day he rose again in accordance with the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end.
An Open & Relational Creed – Part 2
by: Michael Rose
We believe in Jesus, the Christ,
born of God’s love and fully human among us,
the clearest human expression of who God is,
and the embodied example of our becoming.
In his life, we see love in the flesh,
healing without force,
truth spoken with compassion,
mercy widening the circle of belonging.
In his suffering, we see God suffering with us, taking our pain into God’s own life.
In his death, we see love refusing the way of violence.
In his resurrection, we see God’s enduring commitment to life,
a promise that love continues,
that meaning is not extinguished,
that the story is not over.
It’s easy to say that Jesus is God. But if this is true, that Jesus manifests God’s character in his love, his compassion, and even in his suffering, what implications does that have for us?
What does this look like in a world where Christianity is often associated with power, control, and drawing sharp lined about who’s in and who’s out?
What if the nature of Jesus wasn’t just something to believe in, but a way of life to imitate ourselves?